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Co-operative upgrade
Northrop Grumman describes the architecture of its F-5 avionics upgrade as a pyramid, the broad base of which is formed by a 1553B databus. Layer after layer of modular modernisation can then be built on this digital foundation, depending on the mission requirements and money available. The first ...
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MDC prepares for F-18 antenna testing
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has mounted a full-scale model of the US Navy's F-18E/F fighter on a 14.6m tower for antenna-integration testing, to begin this month. The 3,900kg aluminium model with production radome and canopy, was built by Virginia based Advanced Technology. The first F-18E/F is to be flown in December. ...
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1,000-seat design winner
The 1,000-seat airliner might still be just the stuff of a feasibility study, but students at the Coventry University School of Art & Design in the UK have been visualising what its cabin interior may look like. The winner of a recent design competition for the students, sponsored by Ogle ...
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Aerobatic Sales Success
AkroTech Aviation has sold more than 20 G-200 aerobatic kitplanes and expects sales to pass the 100 mark by the end of 1995. Oklahoma-based Task Research has taken over kit production. The first customer-built aircraft, are expected to be flown, on the contest circuit, in 1995. Source: Flight ...
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Initial F-16 ASRAAM trials successful
British Aerospace has successfully completed initial captive carry trials, of its Advanced-Short-Range-Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM), on a Lockheed F-16. During the tests, carried out from the US Air Force's Eglin AFB, Florida, the aircraft was flown at up to Mach 1.6 inside an envelope of +7g to -1.5g. The missile is ...
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Maintenance
FINNAIR MAINTENANCE In the production of our Airliner Maintenance Directory (15-21 February), the country header for Finland and the entry for Finnair were unfortunately omitted. The details for Finnair are as follows: FINNAIR, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, 01530 Vantaa. Tel: +358 (0) 818 81; fax: +358 ...
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LLV 2 development
Design work has begun on the Lockheed Launch Vehicle (LLV) 2, in an effort to attack the growing commercial market for launches of 1,800kg payloads into low-Earth orbit (LEO). Lockheed's first vehicle, the LLV 1 - which will resemble this engineering model at Vandenberg AFB, California - will be launched ...
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Raytheon Wins JTCTS
A Raytheon-led team has won a $74 million deal to develop the joint tactical combat-training system (JTCTS) for the US Air Force and Navy. The JTCTS will replace current land-based instrumented air-combat ranges and allow Navy aircraft, ships and submarines to conduct simulated combat manoeuvres at sea. Source: ...
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EU ministers pave way for Swissair
THE 15 EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers of transport have ruled that Sabena will remain an EU airline, even if Swissair takes a majority share in Belgium's national airline. The ministers concluded at a 14 March meeting that the deal would come under an EU law saying that an ...
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TCAS In France
BFGoodrich Aerospace Avionics Systems has received French approval for its TCAS 791 traffic-alert and collision-avoidance system (TCAS 1) - the first TCAS approval in France, it says. Source: Flight International
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Israeli air force chief will conduct Indian sales drive
THE commander of the Israeli air force, Gen. Herzel Budinger, is to visit India at the end of this month as part of Israel's efforts to sell a wide range of equipment to the Indian military-aerospace market. Although officially the guest of his Indian counterpart, the tour is ...
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Norman Thagard
As a research engineer aboard Soyuz TM21, launched from Pad 1 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 14 March, NASA astronaut Dr Norman Thagard is the first American to be included in the crew of a Russian rocket. He will also be the first of four NASA astronauts to stay ...
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ALENIA/ASTA TEAM
Alenia and Aerospace Technologies of Australia (ASTA) are to team to offer the Italian company's G.222 for the Australian Defence Force's light-tactical-aircraft requirement to replace its de Havilland DH-6 Caribous. Alenia and Aerospace Technologies of Australia (ASTA) are to team to offer the Italian company's G.222 for the ...
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IAI OFFEQ 3 LAUNCH DUE
The Israeli Offeq 3 intelligence satellite, scheduled to be launched soon, will allow the country's defence ministry to assess the capability of such a satellite to fit into an early-warning system aimed at locating surface-to-surface missile launches. The Offeq 3 has been built by Israel aircraft industries and will be ...
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FTL: the snags with legislation
Sir - The letter from R P Holubowicz "Pilots to influence flight-time limits?" (Flight International, 25-31 January, P52) clearly illustrates the difficulties of trying to legislate in the area of flight-time limits (FTL). FTL should fall into two separate areas. The first is the national, or now-planned, European ...
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JAR: airlines and schools the losers
Sir - Your article "Licence to change" (Flight International, 22-28 February, P25) provided a good overview of the proposed changes in Joint Aviation Rules (JAR) flight crew licences (FCL) Draft 5, but one statement is rather misleading. In the article postscript, which outlines the requirements of JAR FCL Part 1, ...
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The Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators
London, UK ...Sir - Mr Holubowicz asks: "Why should increased productivity be detrimental to safety?" As a captain, flying Boeing 737s, I can answer this. The cumulative effect of changing sleep patterns, altered rosters, 12-14h days and restricted or no summer leave can result in a ...
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Kaman Goes Ballistic
The US Air Force has awarded Kaman Sciences a $9.6 million contract to support flight-mission operations involving the High Altitude Balloon Experiment. The project will help demonstrate acquisition of a tactical ballistic-missile target during the boost phase of its flight. The 33-month contract will produce two flight payloads and pay ...
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Sanders Order
Lockheed Sanders is to deliver three mission-support systems to the Royal Saudi Air Force under a $5.6 million foreign-military sales contract. The systems are associated with the McDonnell Douglas F-15S purchased by Saudi Arabia. The system is a derivative of the US Air Force's mission-support system, a computer-based pre-mission planning ...
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Smart Northrop Move
Northrop Grumman has won a $1.6 million, 15-month contract to design, test and manufacture smart focal-plane electronics for the US Army's Space and Strategic Defence Command. Smart focal planes are infrared sensors capable of putting signal-processing functions in ultra-compact structures directly on the focal plane. Current signal-processing practices involve large ...